{"id":3627,"date":"2015-09-03T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T19:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=3627"},"modified":"2015-09-03T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T19:38:12","slug":"european-vacation-day-7-rain-and-tyrolean-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zurekbrau.com\/blogs\/richsblog\/?p=3627","title":{"rendered":"European Vacation: Day 7\u00a0Rain and Tyrolean Music"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rain continued through the night.\u00a0 As expected, it wasn\u2019t going to be a good day for any major sightseeing.\u00a0 The plan today was to drive back to Oberammergau and walk around town.\u00a0 This little hamlet is home to the passion play that runs every 10 years.\u00a0 Back in 1634, the town promised to have the play if God would spare them in the latest wave of plague that was sweeping through the region.\u00a0 They were spared and the play began from that time on.<\/p>\n

Our drive was wet, but with little traffic.\u00a0 It took it about 20 minutes to drive back up the highway and find a place to park.\u00a0 Luckily, this is a tourist town so free parking is found all over the place.\u00a0 We arrived early enough to find lots of good places.\u00a0 We were debating if a particular section of the lot was free or not.\u00a0 An English couple was getting out of a car and heard us.\u00a0 We all seemed to agree that we had found the best spot.<\/p>\n

We walked up the road to the Information Center to find out the best places to look around and make sure that we didn\u2019t miss anything good.\u00a0 Then we headed through Ammergauplatz and to the main roads.\u00a0 The town is very small and it is really easy to walk around.\u00a0 We found ourselves walking out of town a couple of times.<\/p>\n

Rich wanted purchase a Bavarian checked shirt.\u00a0 We found a shop that had a large selection outside on clearance.\u00a0 That was even better.\u00a0 I went in to see if someone could tell what size to buy.\u00a0 The salesgirl spoke a little English and helped us to confirm the sizes.\u00a0 It was just the right blue to be truly Bavarian.<\/p>\n

I was hoping to find a dress, but all of the prices were pretty expensive.\u00a0 I just couldn\u2019t justify having something I might only wear once a year.\u00a0 I did decide to buy a blue checked shirt also and we went back to the same shop.\u00a0 I found what I was looking.\u00a0 The guy at the cash register spoke very good English.\u00a0 Luckily, the credit card worked also.<\/p>\n

We wondered up through the streets and went in and out of shops.\u00a0 It was nice that the shops had umbrella stands at their doors for you to leave your wet, dripping umbrella into.\u00a0 Here, everyone carries an umbrella.\u00a0 I wonder how they make sure they get their own umbrella when they get back to the door.<\/p>\n

It got close to lunchtime and we were trying to figure out where to eat.\u00a0 I saw the Hotel\u00a0 Wolf and decided to take a picture of Rich\u2019s friend, John Wolfe.\u00a0 Rich starts to think maybe we should check that place out for food.\u00a0 Most of the hotels, or Gasthofs, have kitchens and serve food.\u00a0 A menu was hanging on the wall by the door.\u00a0 It looked pretty good, so in we went.<\/p>\n

There were two dining rooms.\u00a0 We found a table in the small one.\u00a0 It was like you were sitting in someone\u2019s personal kitchen.\u00a0 I love the ceramic stoves in most of these that are used to heat them in winter.\u00a0 Most are a bright color, like green or red or blue.\u00a0 It was just too warm to try it out today.<\/p>\n

I ordered the Bavarian lunch special, which is two white sausages and a pretzel.\u00a0 Rich got the currywurst.\u00a0 As it sounds, the currywurst is a spicy sausage with a curry sauce.\u00a0 It\u2019s a little more than I can handle.<\/p>\n

After lunch, we went out and wandered up and down the streets some more.\u00a0 I decided to look at Bavarian outfits one more time.\u00a0 This meant that Rich could find a kaffee and kuchen place and sit back with a cup of coffee.\u00a0 The rain was still coming down at this point, but he did find a place where he could sit outside until an awning.<\/p>\n

I went back to one of the stores I have been in before.\u00a0 The salesgirl helped me figure out what size it would take for me.\u00a0 I looked through several racks.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the ones I liked didn\u2019t come in my size.\u00a0 That was probably a good thing.\u00a0 I was still having trouble justifying that purchase in my mind.<\/p>\n

I went to find Rich with his cup of coffee and he was just finishing up.\u00a0 He was having trouble tracking down the wait staff.\u00a0 We find that the servers pretty much leave you alone.\u00a0 You have to work hard to flag them down to your get bill.\u00a0 After paying, we make one more stop by the toiletten before hitting the road.<\/p>\n

We decided to wind our way back to the car.\u00a0 This took us through a beautiful park with its own stage and outdoor seating.\u00a0 It looked like they did music there in the summers.\u00a0 We stepped out of the park and onto the road where we had left the car.\u00a0 As we walked toward the parking lot, we went by a bus parking area.\u00a0 A bus was unloading a tour of Japanese tourists.\u00a0 They were slowly making their way across the street to a hotel in a big stream.\u00a0 They didn\u2019t seem to be in any hurry.\u00a0 It was a long line at one point.<\/p>\n

We found our Skoda and stripped off the wet jackets.\u00a0 As I left Oberammergau, I asked if we still wanted to go by the monastery in Ettal and visit the distillery they had there.\u00a0 Rich couldn\u2019t decide, but thought he had enough of rain and walking around for now.\u00a0 It was a good thing because the parking lot was packed.\u00a0 I guess this was a good rainy activity.<\/p>\n

We headed back to the hotel to rest up and figure out dinner.\u00a0 After getting back to the hotel, we decided to walk uptown Garmisch one more time.\u00a0 We figured we could do kaffee and kuchen at Kronner and watch the foot traffic.\u00a0 We ordered our coffees and got one piece of chocolate cake to share.\u00a0 It came with raspberries in the middle and this wonderful cr\u00e8me on the top.<\/p>\n

The people going up and down the street were fun to watch.\u00a0 Everyone here takes their dog with them everywhere.\u00a0 Most of the dogs are small, like the usual dauschhound.\u00a0 We did see a couple of huge dogs.\u00a0 They are very well trained and tend to behave themselves out of in public.<\/p>\n

We saw people from all different places.\u00a0 I noticed that this end of town seemed to have a lot of Turkish and Muslim people.\u00a0 I noticed the women in burquas and a lot of them with head scarves.\u00a0 The best thing I saw was the buggy.\u00a0 A lady with a head scarf, but western clothing was pushing a baby stroller.\u00a0 It was a great stroller and I was amazed at how it handled.\u00a0 When she got even with our table, I noticed that it had Ferrarri written on the side of it.\u00a0 No wondered it worked so well.\u00a0 I just never knew they made all kinds of vehicles.<\/p>\n

Because of the rain and foggy conditions, we decided against going into Austria to the restaurant owned by my cousin\u2019s friend.\u00a0 I was worried about driving the mountain roads in those conditions.\u00a0 I was sorry to miss the chance and go to Michael\u2019s restaurant.<\/p>\n

At the front desk, we had asked about a restaurant that did traditional music and gotten the location for one.\u00a0 This was our second option for the evening.\u00a0 We went out and found the bus going to Partenkirchen, which is across the river.\u00a0 At historic Ludwigstrasse, we got off the bus and walked in toward the center of the square there.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t take long to find the place we wanted.<\/p>\n

The tables outside were empty.\u00a0 When we pushed open the door, we entered a dark room with long rows of tables.\u00a0 Most of the tables were fairly empty at this point.\u00a0 A gentleman was setting up on the small stage that looked like the overhang of a chalet. \u00a0Good timing on our part to arrive as music was getting started.<\/p>\n

The lady at the door seated us next to a family at one long table.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if the family spoke English or not, but the father was very curious about us.\u00a0 Our server came by and we ordered in English.\u00a0 He was kind enough to reply in English.\u00a0 We ordered our beers and waited for the food.<\/p>\n

Rich got the roulade, which is a flank steak rolled around a pickle, and covered in sauce.\u00a0 I got the kalbleber sauer, which was calf liver in sour gravy.\u00a0 It was yummy.\u00a0 I had enough in the tureen to serve 4 people.\u00a0 I was hungry, but not that hungry.<\/p>\n

We watched a couple of young guys dance traditional Tyrolean steps at the front of the restaurant and again at the back.\u00a0 I think one of them had experience and the other guy was learning.\u00a0 It was fun to watch, but loud with all of the slapping.<\/p>\n

After dinner, we walked down Ludwigstrasse to find the bus stop.\u00a0 It was going to be an entire hour and a half before the next bus came by.\u00a0 So we tightened our laces and decided to walk back to the hotel.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t really that far.\u00a0 We just didn\u2019t have a good idea how we would get there.\u00a0 We got to a major street and I chose to walk toward the train station.\u00a0 We never found the station though.<\/p>\n

Rich managed to identify a couple of streets through a residential area that got over to our side of town.\u00a0 It was pretty dark since they don\u2019t really have too many street lights.\u00a0 We got onto the main road where the hotel turned off.\u00a0 There was very little traffic of any sort. \u00a0We saw one older man on a bicycle and that was about it.\u00a0 I think the sidewalks roll up after 7:00 here.<\/p>\n

We got back to the hotel after walking for about 20 minutes.\u00a0 That wasn\u2019t so bad.\u00a0 We even got back before they locked up the front door.\u00a0 We could still get in with our room key.\u00a0 Up the 3 flights of stairs, we were back in our room.\u00a0 I was exhausted, but I\u2019m not sure I walked off dinner.\u00a0 We have just been eating way too much food.\u00a0 However, we were only eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner!<\/p>\n

So with the excitement of the day done, I settled in download pictures, update Facebook, and write one more blog.\u00a0 I could hear my bed calling over the sound of the rain hitting the roof.\u00a0 It was time for bed again.<\/p>\n

\"Ammergauplatz<\/a>
Ammergauplatz in the town of Oberammergau.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clouds<\/a>
Clouds hanging over the mountains above Oberammergau.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fountain<\/a>
Fountain commemorating dead from plague and war starting with the 1300s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Farm<\/a>
Farm right in the middle of town, which was next to the Passion Plan theater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hotel<\/a>
Hotel Wolf where we had lunch in Oberammergau.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Shopping<\/a>
Shopping street where the Hotel Wolf was located.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Old<\/a>
Old Post Hotel is left over from the old days of horse and carriages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fresh<\/a>
Fresh hops wreaths sold here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gasthof<\/a>
Gasthof on Ludwigstrasse where we had dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dining<\/a>
Dining room at the Tyrolean restaurant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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